Great to see the similarity of celtic music and bluegrass. This must have been one incredible concert. Is this the same concert with the Ricky Scaggs number? This was at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville? Anyone know the date this was taped? Is a DVD available?
@darkmoon21 Of course it is... White people just like to pretend otherwise. Just like they like to pretend that Lesley "Esley" Riddle (a black dude) didn't teach Mother Maybelle Carter her style of guitar playing.
Folks - just sit back, relax and listen to the music cause it dont get much better than this. Earl is the king and he is surrounded by a excellent group of musicians.
Lets not make this political, lets just sit back tap our toes to the music and enjoy some of the best music in the world. I love the ballards, bluegrass or nonsense songs.
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@rebelriseagain even if he is the "best" banjo player in the world....he still couldn't keep up with the chieftains and his timing was off...its the truth deal with it you inbred piece of redneck shit
maybe be the monkey on your shoulder put a peanut in ur ear coz i dont hear it! remember hes not playing irish music here but they are mixing up 2 styles together and it sounds great to me!
I dont really like to argue, but I think you'll find that while New York is full of Irish, the southern states were full of Scotch Irish, ie the Prodtestants who originated in Scotland and spent a few years in Ireland before moving on to America. The archetypal Kentucky Irish are Presbyterian etc, so unless they deserted their faith, indicate a different origin than the one you describe.
@milliffa yep you are right,...but someone always has to be the token...Yank .... hater on these things...I just like the music!! and I love the chieftains!!!!!!!
@ScabbyHole99 Bluegrass does have its ties to Ireland, yes of course, but bluegrass (that's one word, by the way) has formed itself from Irish, Scots, Welsh and Afro-American roots. It's better defined as having Appalachian heritage. Most Irish emigrated to the United States around 1845 due to the potato rot. This disaster eliminated the sole subsistence of millions of farmers, thrusting them over the edge of starvation. Nearly 2 million emigrated to the U.S because of the lack of food.
@ScabbyHole99 Wrong! Most of the "Irish" who came to the Southern United States were protestant Scotch Irish, and rather than fighting the British, they were ethnically cleansing your Irish ancestors in the north. The Irish Irish settle mostly in New England.
If I remember my history correctly, it was African-American slaves that were using the banjo as a musical instrument long before any whites, even ones who emmigrated from Scotland & northern Ireland.
@JimHadar1 who gives a fuck you fucking asshole . it was the whites who made ships that got your fucking banjos to the ports . so what the fuck are you on about why bring race in to it . just fuck off and liston to the music .
@tealshelp -- Wow you're a real class act. Bet you're a big hit with the ladies. Instead of spewing obcenties how about trying a bit of intelligent rebuttal?
you say bigot like its a bad thing! I EMBRACE IT as for "city " comment you ass, i have lived in the country for OVER 49 yrs. the only NEGROS we see now are the gang banger "hoodies" that wanna try and infiltrate our way of life. And its obvious you dont read all a persons comments before you post your liberal spewing. Try again idget.
Late into "the argument"... and from the Antipodes to boot! Oh well, I'm 8th generation Irish Aussie so I figure I can throw my hat in the ring.
There has never been a finer addition to Anglo-Celtic Music than that provided by the Americans.
The great American musical tradition is a catalogue of my ancestry.... and I am very grateful for it as it preserves and renews my heritage. You Yankee pickers...... don't stop now!
It is pretty easy to find words to Sally Goodin, just do a web search. There are a couple verses about Sally, but any set of floating verses that fit can and will be used. It is very very basic musically and before recording repertoire set it as Sally Goodin it was known by all sorts of names, everyone from WC Handy to Leadbelly and Ashley Thompson who played with Gus Cannon talk about playing it when they were coming up in the 1880s and 1890s
There is a huge body of research on the African origin of the banjo. Even Thomas Jefferson wrote about that. As I pointed out this is what Earl Scruggs will tell you and what is displayed in his museum. . A person who concentrates on what he has not scene or does not know obviously needs to see and know more! I tends to think everyone from Jefferson to Scruggs knows a lot more
Earl moves the tune up to A to play with their fiddles and pipes from G on the other hand there isnt too much to this tune it is all in the rhythm what is hot is that Earl plays along note for note with the bones player
not sayin there arent any, but i sure as hog aint ever seen a BLACK banjo player in my entire life!. show me a pre slavery banjo that dates back to africa!
@blackbanjotony you can call me names BLACK TONY, but I stand by my claim! ,,show me one! That african thing mite be from africa, doesnt mean its thesame thing. i spose a upright base and guitar are the same too huh?
@ivcruiser The "American" banjo in it's original form was brought to North America by African Slaves. The africans got the banjo from the middle east when Arabs conquered parts of africa. You can find all types of banjos in the middle east, africa and southeastern europe. the "djumbus" is the one played in Turkey and the Balkans. Back to the american tale of the banjo, most old time songs were originally sung by the slaves. the whites picked them up from the slaves.
@ivcruiser what a bigot. watch the documentary "echoes in america" you will see plenty of modern banjo players who just happen to be african american. check out the carolina chocolate drops also, they have a african american lady who plays amazing clawhammer banjo. and you might want to leave the comfort of the city if you want to see a banjo player =)
Oh, and this is a great video. I'm an Irish descendant in the American South. I can't wait to study abroad at Trinity College Dublin so I can go to a local pub and hear some Irish folk music live.
You know what's more annoying that people arguing on youtube? People outside the argument trying to look smart/mature by calling the people arguing "children" and telling them to grow up. They're just making themselves look like asses.
you know whats really irritating? people commenting on others who are sick of people arguing. How irritating is that? They really are looking like assholes of asses. I'm Irish, and you can tell me to my face I am an ass, in the trinity bar how about it? name the date, i'll see you there?
@Marfordel That doesn't make me look like an ass, it just shows how tired I am of people arguing, like in this argument you've attempted to start. I guess the saying is true: you can tell an Irishman, but you can't tell him much.
All these children arguing ooohhh ahhh the banjo is african!! like they really know something, so f** what- please Shut the F up and listen to the music. ''OOOh it was invented by african slaves I know cause i'm interesting'' Why don't you grow up, and act your age.
@Marfordel The "American" banjo in it's original form was brought to North America by African Slaves. The africans got the banjo from the middle east when Arabs conquered parts of africa. You can find all types of banjos in the middle east, africa and southeastern europe. the "djumbus" is the one played in Turkey and the Balkans. Back to the american tale of the banjo, most old time songs were originally sung by the slaves. the whites picked them up from the slaves.
Yeah ok but maybe the Arabs got it from the North American Indians in some pre history trade route 5000 years ago....
I live in Ireland, but the 5 string has been recreated. Now the music like 'bluegrass' 'clawhammer' and so on has roots in other music, and probably Irish. But Americans have made that particular banjo 'their own' and the music is 'their own' too. Even if roots are elsewhere. To me, the 5 string is American, and bluegrass, and country music is American, not African.
@Marfordel You are right about certain things. Bluegrass/Old Time North American music is influenced by the scots/irish traditions on a greater extent, and African to a lesser extent. A lot of the songs were ballads brought from the British Isles. The Native Americans of North and South America did not have stringed instruments until the Europeans and Africans came to both continents. You are right, the banjo has became an instrument of root white American music the last century.
Thats my point- as I said I am Irish, but we should not take the 5 string away from Americans as their own instrument. By saying it is African, and originally made from a gourd and so on (being flippant) is saying the American has copied, and borrowed, and stole. But it has not- The 5 string Banjo belongs to America, and is therefore an American instrument. Its like a croissant is basically bread, but the French have made it 'French' by changing it. The 5 string is American !!!
@Marfordel The Americas are new countries, so it is a big melting pot of customs. Black music from here is very influenced by British Isle cultures as well being here for 400 years. Especially since the whites tried to assimilate the slaves. So like I said, our music here is influenced from scots/irish customs to a greater scale. You can hear it. But I think it is ridiculous that people don't know the background of where instruments of american music come from, mainly americans themselves.
Another note, Europeans got bowed and stringed instruments from the Mid/East during the middle ages. Such as the Rebec (fiddle) from the Arabic "rebab". The lute came from the Arabic "Ud". The shawm (double reeded oboe) came from the Arabic Zurna, still used in the mid/east and balkans in folk music. And last but not least, bagpipes moved northwest from the mid/east.
Blue Grass grew from the music of the Irish and Scots who moved to America and ended up in the mountains of the Appalachians. The music grew and added new instruments and then, branched out as it moved west and people changed some of the flavor and built Western, Western Swing, and then country music. But it all was born of the original Irish and Scot home and pub gatherings as entertainment. I'm a proud Irish/Scot and so is my husband and this music sings to our souls.
When I look at message boards were all of the posters are Americans I find that about 5% of the Americans are assholes looking for a fight. Whenever I look at a message board with lots of Irish Catholics posting messages 30-50% of them are assholes looking for a fight. Being that I'm of Irish Catholic origin I often wonder why it is that my cousins across the Atlantic feel the need to ruin the fun & to screw up everyone else's enjoyment of every little, innocuous thing. Grateful I'm not Irish.
Just goes to show that when we came to America we figured out a way to make our music sound like "home" wherever that be. Our ancestors, that is.
Great video and FANTASTIC MUSIC!!! Thank you so much. p.s. there are some who not only don't enjoy good pickin', good music, or good bluegrass! This is not my favorite type of music to listen to and it is WONDERFUL!!! How in the world can anyone hit "dislike" on this???
I am a bluegrass banjo player since I was 12. I am now over 50 and have been playing in an Irish Traditional band for 8 years. I am a decendant of a Scots/Irish heritage, I live in Bristol, TN in the heart of the Appalchian Mountains, and this music is in my DNA. Earl is GOD and the Chieftains are incredible. This is a wonderful pairing. Our band is starting to do some sets where we combine Irish, bluegrass and Old Time into one sound.
@uv22dac It is not the past. The jesuits are inducin Irish knights of columbus and knights of malta to murder my people, even as I key this message to you. Is that present enough for you? The owners of BP are jesuit trained Irish, State Street Corporation and others, purposely displacin my people from the gulf shores.
@uv22dac They can"t just enjoy the music .. they have to show the world just how ignorant they really are. Children have to make noise to draw attention to themselves .. sad folks.
Such a shame that you let your squalid narrow minded and bigoted prejudices be posted on YouTube. Suffice to say that those who have the maturity to appreciate wonderful music - which without doubt includes all those playing and listening to the wonderful rendition which you refer to - will treat your comments with the contempt that they deserve. Unsure as to your country of origin but assuredly your fellow countrymen will regard your rhetoric as born of ignorance and sheer sad
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The only thing note-worthy about this blend of music to me is that decent Irish musicians would share the stage with the descendant of a protestant Ulster Scots whore... and the mystery of how African banjo became so integral to Hillbilly music.
@Hoopermazing I've always heard that no one is TOTALLY useless - they can always be used as a BAD example and you surely qualify as a bad example.. Unfortunately YouTube can not control the idiots that use their service. I suggest you move on to something you know something about .. What about cleaning toilets.
@Hoopermazing There is truth, in what you said. However, on your side, I think you overlooked Revelation 17, where Jesus said that Rome is the Whore of Babylon, wearin red and purple. I advise you get out of priestcraft and into Bible. I've got both the blood of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Dukes of Guise, as well as Swiss Reformed. One, of my forebears was on the Jury that condemed my ancestor, King Charles.
@Hoopermazing I want you to know that the jesuits decided to rile the Irish up against the so-called "protestants", who would be better labeled "upholders of the Bible", at least those, of us, who do so. It was the jesuit machinations that caused the persecutions in Ireland, although I might guess that there was also an element of God's punishment for druidism, witchcraft, and general disobedience to the Bible.
@Hoopermazing Take a look, at the events, that forced the Scots out of Scotland. Then take a deeper look, "beneath a rock" so to speak, to see who was behind them. The sources are not easily available. Ask around at vaticanassassins zot org
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DANCE TUNES EVER AND A GREAT VERSION OF SALLY GOODIN.THIS SONG IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OLD.WHILE THE BANGO IS GREAT,YHE HI LITE IS THE GREAT FIDDLE PLAYING
This is just awesome! I am a huge fan of Earl Scruggs. But what I realized while watching this is that my music collection is sorely lacking. I only have ONE Cheiftans song. I need to get some more for sure!
Greatest right hand of all banjo time. With Earl, it's the picking fingers and syncopation that set him apart from all others. His style turns the banjo into a percussion instrument - there is never a drum in bluegrass because there is no need for it. Truly one-of-a-kind.
ya know dont matter if your a chieftain or a grand ole opy legend. these men can lay it down! they all world class! Look at em play they are so layed back when your great your great! thank you for this wonderful video! If you dont love this music you better make some funeral arrangements! tks again
Tracing the lineage of this music from its Scots-Irish roots is portrayed nicely in a 2001 movie called "Songcatcher"- might check it out- also(with all respect)- a joke: "Why did God invent whiskey? ....To keep the Irish from taking over the world"!!!!
When it comes to foot-tapping music, nobody does it better then the Irish!
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Great to see the similarity of celtic music and bluegrass. This must have been one incredible concert. Is this the same concert with the Ricky Scaggs number? This was at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville? Anyone know the date this was taped? Is a DVD available?
bgcomposer 3 weeks ago
Banjo is an african instrument yo. Brought over during the slave runs.
darkmoon21 1 month ago
@darkmoon21 Of course it is... White people just like to pretend otherwise. Just like they like to pretend that Lesley "Esley" Riddle (a black dude) didn't teach Mother Maybelle Carter her style of guitar playing.
Maafa1619 1 month ago
greetings from turkey; RESPECT ! so enjoyable.
sewocettinmessina 1 month ago
awesome, that's all I can say to this magnificant performance.....awesome!
rfish54 2 months ago
yeah man!
xxxasp666xxx 2 months ago
Folks - just sit back, relax and listen to the music cause it dont get much better than this. Earl is the king and he is surrounded by a excellent group of musicians.
redneck44056 2 months ago
YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
manu101air 2 months ago 4
amazing
tabrettologist 3 months ago 2
Lets not make this political, lets just sit back tap our toes to the music and enjoy some of the best music in the world. I love the ballards, bluegrass or nonsense songs.
By the way I'm welsh
mstrbater 3 months ago 3
Hand in glove indeed!
jprovince 3 months ago
awwww, Frank McCourt!!!! <3
Albondigas41 3 months ago 3
I assume this was shown on television? What is the name of the program?
Laudon1965 4 months ago
blablaBLA!! Very cool, cheerful and above high quality music, that's all that matters
Atlaspower78 4 months ago 2
shut up you stupid half wit ,Just enjoy the vid
slow389 4 months ago 2
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long live the Brits
slow389 4 months ago
@slow389 Get out of Northern Ireland Brits!
kingsmen711 4 months ago
Glen Duncan is on the fiddle.
oleman121 5 months ago
I am very proud of our Irish heritage, and this is an outstanding video. Feel the energy in this video.....
Irishcherokee1 5 months ago
Wonder how many years its been since Earl looked down at his banjo while he was playing it
mrhipsterdoofus 5 months ago
what the fuck does it matter wher they originated from? their talent is there for all to enjoy
bigbawser 5 months ago
The Greatest sound of Celtic American Music I've ever heard
thecavemonster1 5 months ago
@thecavemonster1 Celtic American Music is 100% right on, GO !!!!!
Eadhmonn 5 months ago
What is the man's name on the fiddle?
oleman121 5 months ago
who's the fiddler? he ain't Chieftans.
good session though.
thechurchac 5 months ago
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What is the man name playing the violin?
oleman121 5 months ago
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oleman121 5 months ago
ricky skaggs kentucky thunder take over the watseka theatre watseka illinois on friday august 26, 2011
rocmaven 6 months ago
So amazing, IrishGrass :)
VivaldiPaganini 6 months ago
If this is not class, please tell what is??
MrsVSala 6 months ago
I was going to say , it just doesnt get any better than this , but it has already been said , so all I can do is say it again - awesome
craggyisland3 6 months ago
Would you all stop fighting about who is and who isn't responsible for what......
Just sit back and listen to the fantastic music that it is.
jason250873 6 months ago 2
SUPER VIDEO..♥..¸.•*¨)..☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆..Pozdrawiam:))
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can anybody tell me the name of the full dvd pls?
rebelriseagain 7 months ago
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The Banjo man was way off....timing was fuct
sone519 7 months ago
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what the hell are you talking about?? hes the best banjo player in the world!!!
rebelriseagain 7 months ago
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@rebelriseagain even if he is the "best" banjo player in the world....he still couldn't keep up with the chieftains and his timing was off...its the truth deal with it you inbred piece of redneck shit
sone519 7 months ago
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maybe be the monkey on your shoulder put a peanut in ur ear coz i dont hear it! remember hes not playing irish music here but they are mixing up 2 styles together and it sounds great to me!
rebelriseagain 7 months ago
wonderful!!
ropermrmeredith06 7 months ago
Blue Grass would not exist if it wasn't for the 2 million Irish that fled Ireland to America from British opression.
The US and Ireland will forever be close friends due to our common history. We both fought against the British for independence and won.
While Britain might be a usefull partner to the US in modern wartime, it will never beat the ties of friendship between Ireland and America.
This American and Irish music is a celebration of that fact.
God bless America - Éire go Brách.
ScabbyHole99 7 months ago 34
@ScabbyHole99 gotta fit the Scots somewhere into yer literati there, chief.
grasshopperjunction 6 months ago
@ScabbyHole99
I dont really like to argue, but I think you'll find that while New York is full of Irish, the southern states were full of Scotch Irish, ie the Prodtestants who originated in Scotland and spent a few years in Ireland before moving on to America. The archetypal Kentucky Irish are Presbyterian etc, so unless they deserted their faith, indicate a different origin than the one you describe.
harrykee 6 months ago
Christ!...give me a break, as soon as the yanks get passports, they invade every bloody country they visit!...JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC,EH??
mrartboy1 5 months ago
@mrartboy1 If I do remember, it was the chieftains who sought a collaboration with bluegrass stars.
milliffa 5 months ago
@milliffa yep you are right,...but someone always has to be the token...Yank .... hater on these things...I just like the music!! and I love the chieftains!!!!!!!
cpool765 2 weeks ago
@cpool765 and tht is the greatest banjo player ever he wrote the book on playn the 5 string
sarahmcope2014 4 days ago
@sarahmcope2014 agreed!! :D
cpool765 3 days ago
@ScabbyHole99 Bluegrass does have its ties to Ireland, yes of course, but bluegrass (that's one word, by the way) has formed itself from Irish, Scots, Welsh and Afro-American roots. It's better defined as having Appalachian heritage. Most Irish emigrated to the United States around 1845 due to the potato rot. This disaster eliminated the sole subsistence of millions of farmers, thrusting them over the edge of starvation. Nearly 2 million emigrated to the U.S because of the lack of food.
talory 4 months ago
@ScabbyHole99 The Scotch-Irish brought this music to America before the Founding, actually.
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@ScabbyHole99 Wrong! Most of the "Irish" who came to the Southern United States were protestant Scotch Irish, and rather than fighting the British, they were ethnically cleansing your Irish ancestors in the north. The Irish Irish settle mostly in New England.
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Amazing. There are musicians, and then there are people that are BORN to make music.
DakotaRevolver 7 months ago
Amazing. There are musicians, and then there are people that are BORN to make music.
DakotaRevolver 7 months ago
Brilliant !!
michaelbyrnes2012 7 months ago
God bless irish america!
TheJan67 8 months ago
wow...incredible. Thanks for this video
RNF1 8 months ago
excellent example of the Celtic music and American folk music mixed
begibugi 8 months ago
ooh i love this! love the marriage of irish and american trad :)
ShamrocksGetYouHigh 8 months ago
All i will say, black or white, i don,t care who created the banjo if you can get anybody to batter out a tune better than this, bring it on
Fireman9ify 8 months ago
Wonderful I love it.
sally1777 8 months ago
Who cares who's responsible for the banjo ! Just enjoy the music :-)
jason250873 8 months ago
what year was this? earl is looking in fine fettle
ysplse 8 months ago
If I remember my history correctly, it was African-American slaves that were using the banjo as a musical instrument long before any whites, even ones who emmigrated from Scotland & northern Ireland.
JimHadar1 8 months ago
@JimHadar1 who gives a fuck you fucking asshole . it was the whites who made ships that got your fucking banjos to the ports . so what the fuck are you on about why bring race in to it . just fuck off and liston to the music .
tealshelp 8 months ago
@tealshelp -- Wow you're a real class act. Bet you're a big hit with the ladies. Instead of spewing obcenties how about trying a bit of intelligent rebuttal?
JimHadar1 8 months ago
you say bigot like its a bad thing! I EMBRACE IT as for "city " comment you ass, i have lived in the country for OVER 49 yrs. the only NEGROS we see now are the gang banger "hoodies" that wanna try and infiltrate our way of life. And its obvious you dont read all a persons comments before you post your liberal spewing. Try again idget.
ivcruiser 8 months ago
I'd play Sally Goodin all day if I could, but the Lord and my wife wouln't think it very good!
GreenLizard1000 9 months ago
@GreenLizard1000 thank god ima country boy son!
djfjgfhgh 8 months ago
I will give him run for his miney any day!
fairyloila 9 months ago
what can I say.. he is better than me!
fairyloila 9 months ago
Late into "the argument"... and from the Antipodes to boot! Oh well, I'm 8th generation Irish Aussie so I figure I can throw my hat in the ring.
There has never been a finer addition to Anglo-Celtic Music than that provided by the Americans.
The great American musical tradition is a catalogue of my ancestry.... and I am very grateful for it as it preserves and renews my heritage. You Yankee pickers...... don't stop now!
BlueHeeler1952 9 months ago
You can just imagine lyrics for this song:
"Earl plays banjo, look at that!
The dog is dancing with the cat!
"That fiddle sounds so damn good!
That would never make you blue!"
Juicefani11 9 months ago
It be cool if the banjo were more common in trad sessions its a cool instrument!
SuperCeol 9 months ago
What a RHYTHM SECTION!!!!!!! How could it get any better than this?
bangwhistle69 9 months ago
Now that's what I'm talkin' about.
MrCajunmojo 10 months ago
oh yeah!
27wingnut 10 months ago
It is pretty easy to find words to Sally Goodin, just do a web search. There are a couple verses about Sally, but any set of floating verses that fit can and will be used. It is very very basic musically and before recording repertoire set it as Sally Goodin it was known by all sorts of names, everyone from WC Handy to Leadbelly and Ashley Thompson who played with Gus Cannon talk about playing it when they were coming up in the 1880s and 1890s
writerrad 10 months ago
There is a huge body of research on the African origin of the banjo. Even Thomas Jefferson wrote about that. As I pointed out this is what Earl Scruggs will tell you and what is displayed in his museum. . A person who concentrates on what he has not scene or does not know obviously needs to see and know more! I tends to think everyone from Jefferson to Scruggs knows a lot more
writerrad 10 months ago
Earl moves the tune up to A to play with their fiddles and pipes from G on the other hand there isnt too much to this tune it is all in the rhythm what is hot is that Earl plays along note for note with the bones player
blackbanjotony 10 months ago
Earl is so relaxed when playing he almost looks bored !
jason250873 10 months ago
not sayin there arent any, but i sure as hog aint ever seen a BLACK banjo player in my entire life!. show me a pre slavery banjo that dates back to africa!
ivcruiser 10 months ago
@ivcruiser You just plain stupid. Earl has an African Akonting banjo in the new Earl Scruggs musiceum because he knows that. if
blackbanjotony 10 months ago
@blackbanjotony you can call me names BLACK TONY, but I stand by my claim! ,,show me one! That african thing mite be from africa, doesnt mean its thesame thing. i spose a upright base and guitar are the same too huh?
ivcruiser 10 months ago
@ivcruiser The "American" banjo in it's original form was brought to North America by African Slaves. The africans got the banjo from the middle east when Arabs conquered parts of africa. You can find all types of banjos in the middle east, africa and southeastern europe. the "djumbus" is the one played in Turkey and the Balkans. Back to the american tale of the banjo, most old time songs were originally sung by the slaves. the whites picked them up from the slaves.
gajda1984 9 months ago
@ivcruiser what a bigot. watch the documentary "echoes in america" you will see plenty of modern banjo players who just happen to be african american. check out the carolina chocolate drops also, they have a african american lady who plays amazing clawhammer banjo. and you might want to leave the comfort of the city if you want to see a banjo player =)
georgiaswamper 8 months ago
Awesome. MAke my day great
Kgalvin711 10 months ago
The children are instruments of the world.
chicagoextra 10 months ago
Oh, and this is a great video. I'm an Irish descendant in the American South. I can't wait to study abroad at Trinity College Dublin so I can go to a local pub and hear some Irish folk music live.
stevenk113 10 months ago
You know what's more annoying that people arguing on youtube? People outside the argument trying to look smart/mature by calling the people arguing "children" and telling them to grow up. They're just making themselves look like asses.
stevenk113 10 months ago
@stevenk113
you know whats really irritating? people commenting on others who are sick of people arguing. How irritating is that? They really are looking like assholes of asses. I'm Irish, and you can tell me to my face I am an ass, in the trinity bar how about it? name the date, i'll see you there?
Marfordel 9 months ago
@Marfordel That doesn't make me look like an ass, it just shows how tired I am of people arguing, like in this argument you've attempted to start. I guess the saying is true: you can tell an Irishman, but you can't tell him much.
stevenk113 9 months ago 2
All these children arguing ooohhh ahhh the banjo is african!! like they really know something, so f** what- please Shut the F up and listen to the music. ''OOOh it was invented by african slaves I know cause i'm interesting'' Why don't you grow up, and act your age.
Marfordel 10 months ago
@Marfordel The "American" banjo in it's original form was brought to North America by African Slaves. The africans got the banjo from the middle east when Arabs conquered parts of africa. You can find all types of banjos in the middle east, africa and southeastern europe. the "djumbus" is the one played in Turkey and the Balkans. Back to the american tale of the banjo, most old time songs were originally sung by the slaves. the whites picked them up from the slaves.
gajda1984 9 months ago
@gajda1984
Yeah ok but maybe the Arabs got it from the North American Indians in some pre history trade route 5000 years ago....
I live in Ireland, but the 5 string has been recreated. Now the music like 'bluegrass' 'clawhammer' and so on has roots in other music, and probably Irish. But Americans have made that particular banjo 'their own' and the music is 'their own' too. Even if roots are elsewhere. To me, the 5 string is American, and bluegrass, and country music is American, not African.
Marfordel 9 months ago
@Marfordel You are right about certain things. Bluegrass/Old Time North American music is influenced by the scots/irish traditions on a greater extent, and African to a lesser extent. A lot of the songs were ballads brought from the British Isles. The Native Americans of North and South America did not have stringed instruments until the Europeans and Africans came to both continents. You are right, the banjo has became an instrument of root white American music the last century.
gajda1984 9 months ago
@gajda1984
Hi,
Thats my point- as I said I am Irish, but we should not take the 5 string away from Americans as their own instrument. By saying it is African, and originally made from a gourd and so on (being flippant) is saying the American has copied, and borrowed, and stole. But it has not- The 5 string Banjo belongs to America, and is therefore an American instrument. Its like a croissant is basically bread, but the French have made it 'French' by changing it. The 5 string is American !!!
Marfordel 9 months ago
@Marfordel The Americas are new countries, so it is a big melting pot of customs. Black music from here is very influenced by British Isle cultures as well being here for 400 years. Especially since the whites tried to assimilate the slaves. So like I said, our music here is influenced from scots/irish customs to a greater scale. You can hear it. But I think it is ridiculous that people don't know the background of where instruments of american music come from, mainly americans themselves.
gajda1984 9 months ago
Another note, Europeans got bowed and stringed instruments from the Mid/East during the middle ages. Such as the Rebec (fiddle) from the Arabic "rebab". The lute came from the Arabic "Ud". The shawm (double reeded oboe) came from the Arabic Zurna, still used in the mid/east and balkans in folk music. And last but not least, bagpipes moved northwest from the mid/east.
gajda1984 9 months ago
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!!!! african instrument amazigh
20062006ification 10 months ago
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picknfly 10 months ago
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picknfly 10 months ago
Uh...the Banjo is an AFRICAN instrument!!
pemalloy 10 months ago
thats A banjop player!!
fairyloila 11 months ago
Not much music makes me as happy as this kind! :)
whawahwah 11 months ago
Who's is the guy playing that mean violin. It's an awesome combination. !!!
makedamanuts 11 months ago
Earl is in the zone!
woodbutcherjohn 11 months ago
Blue Grass grew from the music of the Irish and Scots who moved to America and ended up in the mountains of the Appalachians. The music grew and added new instruments and then, branched out as it moved west and people changed some of the flavor and built Western, Western Swing, and then country music. But it all was born of the original Irish and Scot home and pub gatherings as entertainment. I'm a proud Irish/Scot and so is my husband and this music sings to our souls.
charlaynedny 11 months ago
Goosebumps the entire time...
NatureLover987 11 months ago
When I look at message boards were all of the posters are Americans I find that about 5% of the Americans are assholes looking for a fight. Whenever I look at a message board with lots of Irish Catholics posting messages 30-50% of them are assholes looking for a fight. Being that I'm of Irish Catholic origin I often wonder why it is that my cousins across the Atlantic feel the need to ruin the fun & to screw up everyone else's enjoyment of every little, innocuous thing. Grateful I'm not Irish.
mentalillnesstalking 1 year ago
Does anyone know how did this originally with the lyrics incluced?
pauisnow 1 year ago
This is amazing. What is the drum-like instrument being played at 2:46?
clayeubanks 1 year ago
@clayeubanks That is called a bodhrán. As you can imagine, there's a ton of information about on the internet if you care to look for it.
BluegrassFiddleman 1 year ago
I'd follow the Chieftains anywhere.
dnbphd 1 year ago 21
@dnbphd
Ok... see you in Italy next 27 Agust!!!!
Ehehehe
;-)
ruggeroverardi 5 months ago in playlist The Chieftains
HA, I like the guy in the audience hollerin' his approval. :D
emperorpartin 1 year ago 4
great artistry! i ,a 3rd gen free black male, born&raised in the caribbean,regret not having beeb exposed to such treasures!
tropiking 1 year ago
What inbred jackass seriously disliked this video? What an inbred, meth-head, shit hook it would take to do that...
tonyarledge1987 1 year ago
Vraiment très bon beaucoup de positif ressort de cette musique
jeff13280 1 year ago
fuckin class. rise up them skirts!
ShamrocksGetYouHigh 1 year ago
How can you dislike this -.-
fucking mental retarded assholes
mtavares92 1 year ago
Just goes to show that when we came to America we figured out a way to make our music sound like "home" wherever that be. Our ancestors, that is.
Great video and FANTASTIC MUSIC!!! Thank you so much. p.s. there are some who not only don't enjoy good pickin', good music, or good bluegrass! This is not my favorite type of music to listen to and it is WONDERFUL!!! How in the world can anyone hit "dislike" on this???
MyMoppet52 1 year ago
was that Earl who said yeah at 1:31
LandRoversForLife 1 year ago
@LandRoversForLife yes it was
buttsock 1 year ago
absolutely wonderful!!!
lauraneville 1 year ago
Pure Magic!..:-)
Mariekesone 1 year ago
I am a bluegrass banjo player since I was 12. I am now over 50 and have been playing in an Irish Traditional band for 8 years. I am a decendant of a Scots/Irish heritage, I live in Bristol, TN in the heart of the Appalchian Mountains, and this music is in my DNA. Earl is GOD and the Chieftains are incredible. This is a wonderful pairing. Our band is starting to do some sets where we combine Irish, bluegrass and Old Time into one sound.
Kronedaddy 1 year ago 2
Wish those people like"howtoplanaparty" and "Hoopermazing" below would just enjoy the music instead of bringing up all this stuff from the past .
uv22dac 1 year ago
@uv22dac It is not the past. The jesuits are inducin Irish knights of columbus and knights of malta to murder my people, even as I key this message to you. Is that present enough for you? The owners of BP are jesuit trained Irish, State Street Corporation and others, purposely displacin my people from the gulf shores.
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
@uv22dac They can"t just enjoy the music .. they have to show the world just how ignorant they really are. Children have to make noise to draw attention to themselves .. sad folks.
jdmgcts 1 year ago
1:37 - Earl says "These irish folks can play some good stuff, where were they in 50's. We could've made millions"
Chanderjeet 1 year ago
haha it's like ecstasy for the ears!! fucking brilliant!
Colinplaysguitar7 1 year ago
It just doesn't get any better than this...simply incredible sound!!!!!
supertruckermark 1 year ago 8
love it :)
SuperCeol 1 year ago
Hoopermazing
Such a shame that you let your squalid narrow minded and bigoted prejudices be posted on YouTube. Suffice to say that those who have the maturity to appreciate wonderful music - which without doubt includes all those playing and listening to the wonderful rendition which you refer to - will treat your comments with the contempt that they deserve. Unsure as to your country of origin but assuredly your fellow countrymen will regard your rhetoric as born of ignorance and sheer sad
mosquito36 1 year ago
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The only thing note-worthy about this blend of music to me is that decent Irish musicians would share the stage with the descendant of a protestant Ulster Scots whore... and the mystery of how African banjo became so integral to Hillbilly music.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing That is one ignorant remark you made dumba...and very racist.
MegaInvisible1 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing I've always heard that no one is TOTALLY useless - they can always be used as a BAD example and you surely qualify as a bad example.. Unfortunately YouTube can not control the idiots that use their service. I suggest you move on to something you know something about .. What about cleaning toilets.
jdmgcts 1 year ago 2
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@jdmgcts Go fuck yourself, old man. I don't give a rat's ass about anything you have to say.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Congratulations .. your remarks reflect your intelligence.
jdmgcts 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Thats because you are ignorant to say anything to anyone that is older and wiser than you grow up
MegaInvisible1 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing There is truth, in what you said. However, on your side, I think you overlooked Revelation 17, where Jesus said that Rome is the Whore of Babylon, wearin red and purple. I advise you get out of priestcraft and into Bible. I've got both the blood of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Dukes of Guise, as well as Swiss Reformed. One, of my forebears was on the Jury that condemed my ancestor, King Charles.
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing I want you to know that the jesuits decided to rile the Irish up against the so-called "protestants", who would be better labeled "upholders of the Bible", at least those, of us, who do so. It was the jesuit machinations that caused the persecutions in Ireland, although I might guess that there was also an element of God's punishment for druidism, witchcraft, and general disobedience to the Bible.
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Take a look, at the events, that forced the Scots out of Scotland. Then take a deeper look, "beneath a rock" so to speak, to see who was behind them. The sources are not easily available. Ask around at vaticanassassins zot org
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
Holy musicianship batman !.
ukuleleph 1 year ago
Once again ME!
GREAT, YUMMI, FANCY, JAZZY, COOL, TRENDY, SEXI and BUZZY music!
No more ummtsyk ummtsyk techno maniacs!
Folk Rocks!
Croolll 1 year ago
great! sweet mix between irish and country!
Croolll 1 year ago
Absolute magic !
shtmxr 1 year ago
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DANCE TUNES EVER AND A GREAT VERSION OF SALLY GOODIN.THIS SONG IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OLD.WHILE THE BANGO IS GREAT,YHE HI LITE IS THE GREAT FIDDLE PLAYING
ragtimeannie33 1 year ago
fantastic vid, Earl Scruggs is an absolute legend, so humble too.
swansrule1 1 year ago 3
Simply brilliant! Love it!!
Thank you and to StuartStreet for awesome share!
santamara 1 year ago
is that Frank McCourt at the beginning?
mujiel 1 year ago
The Chieftains + Earl Scruggs = Outstanding performance
MrJckDoo 1 year ago
When I get to heaven I want this to be the music playing as I enter the pearly gates!
ericblr 1 year ago 3
This is my favorite version of 'Sally Gooding'. Earl Scruggs is the best ever!!!!!
QuarterPint77 1 year ago
зашыбись вжаривают !
zmey1010 1 year ago
@zmey1010 YEAH!
Atlaspower78 1 year ago
I got blisters on me fingers.
pocodog1 1 year ago
Earl Scruggs & the Chieftans.....Does it get any better than this ?
Thank you for posting this video :-)
BoudiccaBlanc 1 year ago 2
This is just awesome! I am a huge fan of Earl Scruggs. But what I realized while watching this is that my music collection is sorely lacking. I only have ONE Cheiftans song. I need to get some more for sure!
dignankumar 1 year ago
TURN THAT BANJO UP!!!!
brodank 1 year ago
Beautiful! Choked me up, actually. I really love the addition of the flute thing and multiple fiddles.
ktfrommt 1 year ago
@ktfrommt that flute thing is called a tin whistle
stretchmurphy 1 year ago
It's Friday. Here's a great old tune, "Sally Goodin," featuring Earl Scruggs and the Chieftains.
Zvendar 1 year ago
Earl Scruggs and the Chieftains team up to play "Sally Goodin." Something to get your Friday in gear.
Zvendar 1 year ago
Now that right there is music!
ckofive 1 year ago
This is simply awesome.
dannysaltdean 1 year ago
best roundition of sally goodin i ever heard in
my life-bar none!makes me want to dance my
legs off. Nobody can beat earl scruggs & the
chiefains-thought i heard "bones" in there but
it was the bhodrain player
rainharper62 1 year ago 2
try loading up 2 tabs at once ........awesome!!
of the same of course
jonnysebastianvandel 1 year ago
I dont totally agree tom.. there might be no need for drums/percussion but they are in it.
lukeoluke90 1 year ago
Greatest right hand of all banjo time. With Earl, it's the picking fingers and syncopation that set him apart from all others. His style turns the banjo into a percussion instrument - there is never a drum in bluegrass because there is no need for it. Truly one-of-a-kind.
tomf429 1 year ago 2
absolutely fantastic bit of playing! To be played at full volume only. Earl rules!!!!....
TheTigtorch 1 year ago
Earl is old as dirt but that boy can sure still bring it. What a great combo!!!!
TheMissbonbon64 1 year ago 3
ya know dont matter if your a chieftain or a grand ole opy legend. these men can lay it down! they all world class! Look at em play they are so layed back when your great your great! thank you for this wonderful video! If you dont love this music you better make some funeral arrangements! tks again
auntpittypattys 1 year ago 2
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Steacy783 1 year ago
Tracing the lineage of this music from its Scots-Irish roots is portrayed nicely in a 2001 movie called "Songcatcher"- might check it out- also(with all respect)- a joke: "Why did God invent whiskey? ....To keep the Irish from taking over the world"!!!!
redcaddiedaddie 1 year ago 2
I've heard a lot about that movie...would love to see it. :D
ctw1966 1 year ago
HOT DAMN THERE ARE FLAMES COMING OFF ALL THOSE STRINGS!!!!
ECLECTIC MUSIC IS THE BEST! COMBINING different music from around the world!!!
kendraiscoolio 2 years ago 4